Hochegg Chapel Route

Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be a thoroughly beautiful and safe experience. Please therefore observe the following:

Preparation

Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your mountain experience and fitness. Check the weather forecast in advance. The weather in the mountains can change surprisingly quickly. Therefore, always start out properly equipped (e.g. rain protection). 

Check if the huts and snack stations you want to visit along the way are open. Inform someone about your chosen route and your planned return before you set off.

More safety tips can be found here.

Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes appropriate for the route, take sun and rain protection as well as water and a snack. Bring your mobile phone and save the emergency number of the mountain rescue: 140

Marking H5

The loop starts from the village square in Hochegg heading into Himberger Straße. Through the hamlet Himberg, continue along until you reach the hamlet Eben. There turn left twice until you reach Heißenhofstraße. Continue there, after about 3 km turn left at the fork to the Urbankapelle. At the chapel, turn left towards Hochegg, past the Grubbauern Höhe (viewpoint) and through the hamlet Hollabrunn. Now follow the road to the transformer station, then turn left onto Lärchenweg and along the state hospital and the Hochegger Straße back to the village square.

At the entrance to the village of Hochegg there is a large car park, also opposite the former Gasthof zur Linde.

Exit the Südautobahn A2 at the Grimmenstein exit, then turn left on the Wechselbundesstraße, pass the town of Grimmenstein and before the crossroads towards Aspang turn right to Hochegg.

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